06/13/1977
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"I don't think that's an exaggeration."
"The task was simple: to stop legally condoned murder and legally condoned discrimination and legally condoned deprivation of the right of a human being in a free society under the United States Consti..."
"Thirty years ago this organization was formed with some very difficult tasks, but fairly clear tasks: to stop lynching, to permit black citizens to vote, and to let little black children go to school."
"I am going to do all I can to hold down the inflation rate, and I need for you to help me."